The Sunday Times in which Snoop expressed his admiration for the newly elected American president, the remarks were made. “Donald Trump? “He hasn’t done me any harm,” Snoop said.
“He has only done wonderful things for me. Michael Harris was pardoned by him. The rapper went on to say that he just had “love and respect” for Trump.
Trump pardoned Michael “Harry O” Harris in 2021 while he was incarcerated on drug-related charges. Harris was a founding member of Death Row Records.
Notably, the rapper’s prior harsh criticism of the businessman-turned-politician is largely to blame for the uproar surrounding Snoop’s endorsement of Trump. Days before Trump’s first inauguration.
In 2017, Snoop made it rather apparent in a video that he didn’t like the performers that would be there. “So nobody is going to perform for Donald Trump, isn’t that right?
At the time, Snoop said, “Which of you jigaboo ass n—-s going be the first one to do it?” “I’m waiting. If any of you uncle Toms do it, I’m going to roast the crap out of you.